Jan has taken the lead in some if not the majority of recruits, namely McGaughy and Mays.
BREAKING: Lisa Bluder announces retirement
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Come to think of it, maybe the decision to have Jan serve HC during one of the European scrimmages + do a couple of pre-game press conferences wasn't so random.
Jada’s not going anywhere. We need more tweets like this ASAP.
Love Jan as a coach but wonder if there wasn't bigger fish we could have lured to Iowa
Thank you Lisa.
You represented the university with style and grace, always making us proud.
You represented the university with style and grace, always making us proud.
Horrible, blind take….wow!
Class act all the way. Great representative of the University. Bringing her in was the best decision the Iowa AD has made in many years.
If all of the thousands of people involved in:
- The fake moon landing,
- The Dome that’s over our flat earth,
- The 9/11 inside job,
have never said a thing for decades about what really took place, then I think a few Iowa women’s basketball players and recruits could keep quiet about this for a couple days.
Was that ever a thing for a head coaching job at Iowa? I can understand it for assistants, maybe.
Barta would have posted the job, taken 2 months to make a decision, and by then 1/3 of the roster would have entered the portal. Great hire by a great AD.
Maybe Bluder wanted Jensen to get her shot. Iowa couldn't have gone outside of the program and asked Jan to stay as an assistant. That would have made things very uncomfortable and awkward. With next year being a rebuilding year, per Lisa's own words, the timing seems a bit odd as it could be a little rocky next year for a first year HC. On the other hand, if they play really well, it can be a springboard to a nice career for her at Iowa.
Great career for Lisa, she was a wonderful coach (and never had to leave the state of Iowa).
Best of luck to Jan.
Great career for Lisa, she was a wonderful coach (and never had to leave the state of Iowa).
Best of luck to Jan.
The amount of energy (physical and especially mental) to run it back-to-back in the most high profile era had to have been immense. The fire to keep going back at it as a young player is one thing, but doing so as a 63 year old coach is totally another. Not saying that’s the reason, but if it is at all, totally understand it and more power to her! What an awesome run for coach Bluder - enjoy retirement!!
Addy Deal watch begins now…
Barta would have asked KF who he should hire. It would have taken KF two months to come up with the answer.
Good for her.
People shouldn’t work until they are too old or too dead to enjoy their retirement.
Jan will do just fine until Clark/Martin are ready to take over.
People shouldn’t work until they are too old or too dead to enjoy their retirement.
Jan will do just fine until Clark/Martin are ready to take over.
A round-up of social media reactions to Bluder's retirement and Jensen's hiring:
iowa.rivals.com
Go Iowa Awesome - Former Players, College Basketball World React to Lisa Bluder's Retirement
Former Iowa players, current coaches, college basketball observers and more reacted to Lisa Bluder's retirement.
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And the best part is, this is the winningest coach in our history, on the best 10 year run in our history and he still routinely gets shade…
Why coach another year, when you can retire while winning.
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Didn't Stanford use one announcement for both? That was 0 seconds.
I know I shouldn’t engage with idiots, but who do you think thud should have gone after?
I retired at 61 and it added years to my life. I hope and pray that Lisa's retirement isn't health related. Seems awfully sudden especially after a high profile transfer was added to the roster.
I hope that is it. She did talk in the last few weeks or so about there being a bit of a letdown this year after where they were at the last couple of seasons.
I think a lot of us have the same though re the timing. If it is more than she's letting on she's chosen not to share that right now and that's her business.
Fran could never go out after back to back national runner up’s
He’ll retire after losing to Eastern Muchigan in the NIT
Happy for Jan. She deserves it. However, unless she is just interim head coach, this completely throws out the window all the excuses on Iowa football hires.
